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Recent woodland rambles …

Photos from my foraging expeditions. Big rain revved up the forest and got the mycelium running and fruiting, though it still hasn’t been as lush as the riot of chanterelles that erupted earlier this summer …

  • Orange mycena
  • Chanterelle
  • The oaks are fruiting this year
  • Sunrise schemes with Althea
  • ailanthus, my next invasive eradication project
  • Toad and dog. It’s always toad and dog.
  • Stickseed, bane of my existence
  • I should have named her ears
  • Boletes, probably ruby bolete
  • A dog and her deer bone
  • Coral fungus, I think
  • Ruby boletes?
  • bolete brusing blue
  • No gills here; bruising starts
  • Bad-ass Bolete (Boletus glorius maximus) — named it myself
  • Boundaries blazed on beeches. No chainsaws allowed.
  • White wood aster
  • Turkey Tail
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Bay polypore (Royoporus badius)

This one stumped me. I watched as it began fruiting on a large maple limb that looks as if it’s been down for a long time. The iNaturalist bot was suggesting they might be oysters, but there were no gills so I figured it was some sort of polypore.

Bay polypore shortly after fruiting
I decided to wait a few days and keep an eye on it. This photo was taken 4 days after the one above, and when I fed it to the iNaturalist bot this time it suggested bay polypore. Bingo (or at least bingo based on my limited knowledge of mycology).
Underside of bay polypore, 4 days later. Badius derives from the Latin root badi, meaning reddish brown. As is visible above, the stipe is a dark color, contributing to the other common names “”black footed polypore” or “black leg ploypore.”
In this earlier shot, the stipe hasn’t darkened yet.
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Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor)

Found a beautiful flush of turkey tail while I was walking Sunny near Dove Cottage recently. Took me a bit to figure out if it was the real deal or false turkey tail. It’s real. Might harvest some to make tea …

Pretty sure this third photo is turkey tail, too, but I didn’t check to see if it has pores so I’m not certain. I was more smitten with the way it was surrounded by moss.